The HDF Group gave a presentation at the ESIP Summer Meeting about working with the CERES team to upgrade their HDF4 climate data products and make them more user-friendly. The HDF Group provided suggestions to the CERES team to structure the data according to Climate and Forecast Metadata conventions and update their HDF4 to HDF5 conversion tool. Working closely with science teams is a good model, as it allows The HDF Group to leverage their expertise in HDF features and product usability. A demo was also given of the new CERES data products.

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The HDF Group
ESIP Summer Meeting
Make CERES products
user-friendly
Kent Yang
The HDF Group
1July 8 – 11, 2014

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Background
• CERES team upgrades their HDF4 products
• The HDF Group provides suggestions to make the
new products user-friendly
• Make the HDF4 products follow CF conventions
• Also update the HDF4 to HDF5 conversion tool to
help CERES team migrate HDF4 to HDF5
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A good model to work with science teams
• Use HDF Group’s expertise on how to best use
HDF’s features and make the HDF products user-
friendly
• Help HDF Group to update tools to help the NASA
data centers
• The HDF Group also provides similar suggestions to
SMAP, ICESAT-2 and some MEaSUREs teams
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A demo on new CERES product
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The HDF Group
ESIP Summer Meeting
Earth Science Group
Ted Habermann
Aleksandar Jelenak
H. Joe Lee
Joel Plutchak
John Readey
Kent Yang
5July 8 – 11, 2014